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InputStream to ByteArray on a BlackBerry

By ⋅ January 15, 2010 ⋅ One comment

A quick and easy method to read an InputStream to a byte array is available in the IOUtilities class of the BlackBerry API.  I didn’t check if this is available pre 4.6 or not, but it does exist in 4.6 To read an InputStream directly to a byte array you can do something like this: [...]

App World Dynamic Licensing HOWTO

By ⋅ December 14, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I started releasing commercial applications on BlackBerry App World and yesterday was the first time I used the Dynamic Licensing model.  I devised a quick solution for working with Dynamic Licensing based on Google App Engine and this post shows how this can be achieved and also includes sample source code for other developers in [...]

Emulating the BlackBerry Phone Call Log Field

By ⋅ December 8, 2009 ⋅ One comment

While writing an application for the BlackBerry, I wanted to emulate the layout of the Phone Log.  Typically, this looks like a set of rows laid out in a two-column or multi-column format.  Since there was no available field to achieve this, I had to write my own.  The way I did it was to [...]

Platform specific download statistics for the BlackBerry

By ⋅ December 8, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

I looked at the statistics for the number of downloads of Kisses, that I had today.  It was interesting to see the different types of Operating System versions or Platforms that were indeed downloading the tool.  Over all, I had 3051 downloads for a period of about 6 weeks.  I started writing applications that I [...]

Mice, Permissions and a Solution?

By ⋅ November 28, 2009 ⋅ One comment

The BlackBerry default application permissions should be one of the most important things to a BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) user. But how can these application permissions be monitored and checked for those times when they are changed (creating a potentially risky situation) and the user forgets to revert to its original setting? This post will highlight a possible mechanism of checking for the most critical permissions. There’s also some sample program source code that users can download and play with.

Installing the JDE Plugin 5.0.0 for Eclipse

By ⋅ November 4, 2009 ⋅ One comment

I wanted to try out the new Eclipse JDE plugin with OS 5.0.0 so I downloaded the ZIP file from the BlackBerry developer website and tried to install it on my Eclipse. Towards the very end of the installation, I received some error messages. They looked something like this: An error occurred while collecting items [...]

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